“I read a book right on the edge of Covid. It’s a piece of historical fiction called The Great Eastern, and it’s fantastic.
It’s great. It’s been my favorite read of the year so far.”
Keegan-Michael Key, in The New York Times

“Howard Rodman’s swashbuckling adventure pits Herman Melville’s Captain Ahab against Jules Verne’s Captain Nemo in a very real struggle for the future.”
Walter Mosley

“Howard Rodman’s powers of invention, connective synthesis, and grim humor are matched only by his literary ventriloquism and psychological insight.”
Steven Soderbergh

A historical phantasmagoria and ripping adventure done as a game of hide-and-seek. It’s like twelve of your favorite movies at once, in full sensurround.”
Jonathan Lethem

“Three cheers for Howard Rodman’s ripping steampunk adventure, The Great Eastern! A tour de force fantasy where science meets human obsession.”
Janet Fitch

Surprises on every page. A splendid and notable achievement.”
Ricky Jay

“Not another scrivener alive or dead but Rodman could have charted let alone helmed this singular, exhilarating flying-dutchman of an epic.”
Steve Erickson

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